Can a child look disengaged and still be learning?
One contribution challenged the assumption that looking away, moving or not responding tells us how much a child understands.
Have you ever misread a child’s engagement, or had your own engagement misread? What helped make the learning visible? We’d like examples that test our assumptions about what paying attention looks like.
#Unconvention #Behaviour #PrimaryEducation
Can a child look disengaged and still be learning?
One contribution challenged the assumption that looking away, moving or not responding tells us how much a child understands.
Have you ever misread a child’s engagement, or had your own engagement misread? What helped make the learning visible? We’d like examples that test our assumptions about what paying attention looks like.
#Unconvention #Behaviour #PrimaryEducation
How do you work out what a behaviour is telling you?
Several responses described behaviour as communication. The practical question is how we work out what is being communicated.
Tell us about a time your first explanation turned out to be wrong. What helped you understand the situation, and did responding differently help? Parents, pupils, teachers and SNAs may see different parts of the same picture.
#Unconvention #Behaviour #PrimaryEducation
How do you work out what a behaviour is telling you?
Several responses described behaviour as communication. The practical question is how we work out what is being communicated.
Tell us about a time your first explanation turned out to be wrong. What helped you understand the situation, and did responding differently help? Parents, pupils, teachers and SNAs may see different parts of the same picture.
#Unconvention #Behaviour #PrimaryEducation
Where has behaviour improved, and what changed?
One contributor challenged the idea that behaviour has got worse and described improvements in how schools respond.
Have you seen things get better? What changed, and what did you notice afterwards? If an approach worked for some children but not others, that is useful too. Tell us the setting without identifying anyone.
#Unconvention #Behaviour #PrimaryEducation
Where has behaviour improved, and what changed?
One contributor challenged the idea that behaviour has got worse and described improvements in how schools respond.
Have you seen things get better? What changed, and what did you notice afterwards? If an approach worked for some children but not others, that is useful too. Tell us the setting without identifying anyone.
#Unconvention #Behaviour #PrimaryEducation
What has changed: behaviour, or what schools are expected to handle?
We’re opening the final week of the Behaviour Unconvention with a disagreement from the original discussion. Some contributors felt behaviour had worsened. Another described fewer serious incidents, alongside more complex needs and greater expectations of schools.
What has changed in your experience? Give us one concrete comparison and roughly when it happened. Has the behaviour changed, the response to it, the support available, or something else?
#Unconvention #Behaviour #PrimaryEducation
What has changed: behaviour, or what schools are expected to handle?
We’re opening the final week of the Behaviour Unconvention with a disagreement from the original discussion. Some contributors felt behaviour had worsened. Another described fewer serious incidents, alongside more complex needs and greater expectations of schools.
What has changed in your experience? Give us one concrete comparison and roughly when it happened. Has the behaviour changed, the response to it, the support available, or something else?
#Unconvention #Behaviour #PrimaryEducation
Another strand of the Unconvention is complete and it is a M-O-N-S-T-E-R!!!
Special Education is one of the biggest areas in education where reform is needed but it encompasses so many things. Over the 3 months, we've explored many of those avenues together and they have now been compiled into some recommendations.
I'd love to hear your thoughts, as always. Of all the strands so far, this has really stretched my thinking. Podcast out next Tuesday with my own thoughts.
Link: https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/unconvention-report-special-education (also in bio or slew.is)
Another strand of the Unconvention is complete and it is a M-O-N-S-T-E-R!!!
Special Education is one of the biggest areas in education where reform is needed but it encompasses so many things. Over the 3 months, we've explored many of those avenues together and they have now been compiled into some recommendations.
I'd love to hear your thoughts, as always. Of all the strands so far, this has really stretched my thinking. Podcast out next Tuesday with my own thoughts.
Link: https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/unconvention-report-special-education (also in bio or slew.is)
If Irish became optional, what would shape your decision?
Would you continue, stop or want a different course? Tell us which stage of education you mean and what would influence your choice. If you have already had a genuine choice about continuing Irish, what did you decide and what happened afterwards? Please distinguish an experience you have had from a prediction.
Replies in Irish or English are welcome.
#Unconvention #Gaeilge #IrishEducation
If Irish became optional, what would shape your decision?
Would you continue, stop or want a different course? Tell us which stage of education you mean and what would influence your choice. If you have already had a genuine choice about continuing Irish, what did you decide and what happened afterwards? Please distinguish an experience you have had from a prediction.
Replies in Irish or English are welcome.
#Unconvention #Gaeilge #IrishEducation
What changed when you learned Irish in a different way?
If you experienced more than one approach, compare them: Irish as a subject, learning another subject through Irish, immersion, or an adapted programme. What changed in your ability and willingness to use the language? What else changed at the same time, such as teachers, classmates or support at home?
Replies in Irish or English are welcome.
#Unconvention #Gaeilge #IrishEducation
What changed when you learned Irish in a different way?
If you experienced more than one approach, compare them: Irish as a subject, learning another subject through Irish, immersion, or an adapted programme. What changed in your ability and willingness to use the language? What else changed at the same time, such as teachers, classmates or support at home?
Replies in Irish or English are welcome.
#Unconvention #Gaeilge #IrishEducation
▶ Reel / video
A bit of a rambling podcast today about inclusion but a couple of coherent points, I hope! (I was very distracted by the high winds and the new light I bought which had the (dis)advantage of you being able to see me but stopped me from seeing the road properly. The trials and tribulations of walking a dog while ranting about education!
https://podfollow.com/primary-roundup (clickable links in bio)
A bit of a rambling podcast today about inclusion but a couple of coherent points, I hope! (I was very distracted by the high winds and the new light I bought which had the (dis)advantage of you being able to see me but stopped me from seeing the road properly. The trials and tribulations of walking a dog while ranting about education!
https://podfollow.com/primary-roundup (clickable links in bio)
How did assessment affect the Irish you learned?
Did the way your Irish was assessed influence what you practised, remembered or felt confident using? Give a specific example, whether the effect was helpful, unhelpful or mixed. Please say which stage of education and type of assessment you mean.
Replies in Irish or English are welcome.
#Unconvention #Gaeilge #IrishEducation
How did assessment affect the Irish you learned?
Did the way your Irish was assessed influence what you practised, remembered or felt confident using? Give a specific example, whether the effect was helpful, unhelpful or mixed. Please say which stage of education and type of assessment you mean.
Replies in Irish or English are welcome.
#Unconvention #Gaeilge #IrishEducation
Where do young people choose to use Irish outside lessons?
Tell us about a real setting, who takes part and what keeps them coming back. If an opportunity existed but was rarely used, what seemed to get in the way? We would particularly welcome experiences from Gaeltacht communities, youth groups and families where Irish is not spoken at home.
Replies in Irish or English are welcome.
#Unconvention #Gaeilge #IrishEducation
Where do young people choose to use Irish outside lessons?
Tell us about a real setting, who takes part and what keeps them coming back. If an opportunity existed but was rarely used, what seemed to get in the way? We would particularly welcome experiences from Gaeltacht communities, youth groups and families where Irish is not spoken at home.
Replies in Irish or English are welcome.
#Unconvention #Gaeilge #IrishEducation
